UI plans videoconferenced lectures

UI plans videoconferenced lectures

JAKARTA: The University of Indonesia (UI) will launch in
February next year a class using videoconferencing technology in
its campus at Salemba, Central Jakarta and featuring subjects and
teachers from all over the world, thanks to a World Bank grant.

"The videoconferenced class could also be attended online by
students in three of our centers in Pekanbaru, Riau; Denpasar,
Bali and Makassar, South Sulawesi," said newly elected UI rector
Usman Chatib Warsa.

Usman said the program, Global Distant Learning Network, was
installed using a World Bank grant of US$2.25 million.

"It's part of our attempt to disseminate knowledge to
international standards, which can be enjoyed by students from
all across the country in line with the spirit of autonomy,"
Usman remarked. --JP